Below you will find what is hopefully the final install scripts for the ROX-Filer file manager.

There are two scripts: ".start_rox" and ".install_rox"

Note the period "." in front of the file name. Both of these scripts are meant to be saved in the /home/damnsmall directory. Copy and paste each script into a text editor and save them. Then, from an xterminal shell (rxvt), type 'chmod 755 .start_rox' and then press the ENTER key. Next type 'chmod 755 .install_rox' and then press the ENTER key.

To start or install Rox, type './.start_rox' and then press the ENTER key. You no longer need to be the 'root' user to run the start script. If Rox is not already installed, the script will then call the .install_rox script

The idea here is to add the .start_rox script to the Fluxbox Menu tree in future releases of DSL.

Here are the scripts:

Code Sample

#!/bin/sh## .start_rox - Checks to see if the Rox Filer is already installed# and starts it up. Otherwise, run the install script.# Rev 0 11/22/03

## First, create a /usr tree on the ramdisk if the user is running from# the Damn Small Linux Live CD. Why? Because the default /usr tree is# linked to the read-only CDROM file system and new files are not allowed.# Lets create a REAL /usr tree structure on the ramdisk and add a bunch of# Symlinks back to the CDROM for all of the files inside the old /usr tree.ls -l /usr | grep 'KNOPPIX' > /tmp/loadrox.tmpif test -s '/tmp/loadrox.tmp'then echo 'System is running from a Live CD compressed image filesystem. ' echo 'Creating a writable /usr tree on the RAM Disk...' cp -srd /KNOPPIX/usr/ /ramdisk ln -sf --target-directory=/ /ramdisk/usrfirm /tmp/loadrox.tmp

# Now tell the user how to start the Rox Filerecho 'ROX Filer Installation is complete'echo 'Please exit from the root shell and try it out.'echo 'To run it from the command prompt, type this on a blank line:'echo ''echo '# rox'echo ''echo 'Or if you use Enhance, click on the new Rox Filer desktop icon'echo 'You may need to toggle between NO ICONS and ICONS to make'echo 'the new desktop icon appear.'

Note for liveCD users, both Rox and Opera scripts will break the restore capabilites of the enhance desktop. That is if you were to run these scripts and then use the backup feature saving the .xtdesktop which is the default. Then upon reboot you lose ALL the enhanced desktop icons. The problem lies in that icons are trying to be displayed that no longer exist. The fix to this problem is to have the icons for both scripts be stored consistent with the other icon images in the .xtdesktop directory. That is copy the icons into the .xtdesktop directory and change the appropriate line of the scripts. Then the enhanced icon feature will not be broken and the icons for rox and opera become "smart" icons like the firebird icon.

Thank you very much for your troubleshooting help. I don't use the 'restore' option, so I did not notice the problem with the xtdesktop.

I have made two changes to the install scripts. The opera script fix will be added to the existing opera script post message thread.

(1) The xtdesktop icons are now copied over to the /home/damnsmall/.xtdesktop directory.

(2) The desktop icon command has been changed to call the .start_rox script instead of 'rox' directly. This shouldl allow a 'restore' user to re-download rox simply by clicking on the icon again after booting with 'restore' option from the live cd.

The .start_rox script has not changed, but here is the new .install_rox script:

## First, create a /usr tree on the ramdisk if the user is running from# the Damn Small Linux Live CD. Why? Because the default /usr tree is# linked to the read-only CDROM file system and new files are not allowed.# Lets create a REAL /usr tree structure on the ramdisk and add a bunch of# Symlinks back to the CDROM for all of the files inside the old /usr tree.ls -l /usr | grep 'KNOPPIX' > /tmp/loadrox.tmpif test -s '/tmp/loadrox.tmp'then echo 'System is running from a Live CD compressed image filesystem. ' echo 'Creating a writable /usr tree on the RAM Disk...' cp -srd /KNOPPIX/usr/ /ramdisk ln -sf --target-directory=/ /ramdisk/usrfirm /tmp/loadrox.tmp

# Now tell the user how to start the Rox Filerecho 'ROX Filer Installation is complete'echo 'Please exit from the root shell and try it out.'echo 'To run it from the command prompt, type this on a blank line:'echo ''echo '# rox'echo ''echo 'Or if you use Enhance, click on the new Rox Filer desktop icon'echo 'You may need to toggle between NO ICONS and ICONS to make'echo 'the new desktop icon appear.'